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SHANGHAI
The following were the values of the principal classes of Foreign Goods imported during that year :- Cotton Goods. Tls. 53,726,347 | Seaweed... Tls. 1,008.129 | Match Cotton Yarn
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Opium...
Metals
Kerosene Oil
..
Sugar
Coal
24,518,276 Soap...
|
...
Making) 991,486 Materials Tls. j
|
381,970
+
371,177
17,277,886 Wine, Beer, Spirits 843,881 | Lamps & Lampware 378.677 11,199,105 Flour...
779,026 Hardware 8,850,655 | Matches... 6,938,206 Gunny &StrawBgs. 4,898,940 Glass and G'ware
Candles
Tobacco, Cigars, &c. 4,417,204
Dyes and Colours 3,823,272 | Beche de Mer...
763,895 Clocks & Watches 362,212 729,474 Pearls
727,102 Shark Fins... 623,658 Sandalwood
2,769,053 Electric Materials&c.583,631 Pepper
360.801
348,240
322,630
599,546 | Oil
300,555
Woollen Goods
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298 135
Timber
1,779,188
Machinery
1,668,829
Soda Cement
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544,242 Braid
240,406
Paper...
1,592,059 Birds' Nests...
412,312
Railway Plant
1,177,852 Haberdashery, &c. 394,246 1,049,039 Umbrellas
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392,551
Sundries
472,312 Condensed Milk... Needles Silk & Ribbons... Telegraph Material 193,874 15,018,274
228,153
205,483
199,900
...
Piece Goods Cotton, Raw
1,018,408 Household Stores... 386,485
Total Hk. Tls. 176,196,782
Of the total an amount to the value of Haikwan Tls. 143,109,841 was re-exported, namely, to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Hk. Tls. 11,143,971, and to Chinese Ports (chiefly to Northern and Yangtsze Ports) Hk. Tls. 131,965,870, leaving for local con- sumption a stock to the value of Hk. Tls. 35,386,234.
Imports to the value of Tls. 1,946,855 were sent to the Interior under Transit Passes. Native Produce to the value of Hk. Tls. 140,728,990 was imported from Chinese Ports, almost all of which was re-exported, namely, to Chinese Ports Tls. 33,708,703 and to Foreign Countries and Hongkong Tls. 82,487,286, the net native imports amounting to Hk Tls. 24,533,001.
The total values of Exports and Re-exports of Native Produce to Foreign Countries, Hongkong and Chinese ports in 1908 were :-
Silk
Tls. 39,058,969 | Cloth (Nankeens)Tls.2,920,817 | Musk ... Silk Manufactures 16,941,747 Flour Tea...
16,816,540 Bristles
Cotton, Raw 11,921,885 Medicines
...
CottonGds.& Yarn 10,517,779 Books (Printed)
...
2,835,929 | Feathers...
2,096,695 Eggs (Albumen 1,822,587 and Yolk) 1,489,252 Lily flowers
Seeds & Seed Cake 9,102,622 Hemp, Jute, Ramie &c.1,491,811 Bran... Oils(Vegetable)... 5,952,070 | Grass Cloth
Straw Braid
5,484,365 | Sugar
Fur & Fur M'tures 5,457,609 Tallow... Beans & Beancake 5,209,125 Fans...
Rice (Tribute)
Wool
Opium
Hides
...
4,804,490 Varnish...
4,285,797 Chinaware...
Tls. 616,409
585,835
555,432
531,627
485,024
468,727
463,630
1,098,744 Hair
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460,628
...
907,377 Wheat
356.683
828,696 Lard
285,096
793,967 | Rice (Duty Free) 169,889 780,495 Sundries
13,443,702
742,058
4,184,599 Eggs (Fresh & Salt'd)
Tobacco, cigs., &c., 4,039,439 | Pottery & E'ware
4,027,044 | Nutgalls
Rice (Ordinary) 3,451,915
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1,340,945 Wax 1,323,905 Fungus
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705,813 Total Hk. Tls. 194,077,774
The goods for export brought down under Transit Passes amounted to Tls. 6,423,235. This was an increase of Tls. 450,186 as compared with that of 1907.
The total carrying trade, entrances and clearances for the year 1908 was divided amongst the different flags as under:
British...
Japanese...
Chinese
German
Steamers Tonnage Sailing Tonnage Total
3,985 7,055,789 37
Tonnage
10,272 4,022
7,066,0 1
Duties Tls. 5,327,598
3,552 2911,937 8,768
236,039 12,320
3,137,976
1,198,449
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5,591 2,243,354 24,342
696,405 29,933
2,939,759
888,551
786
1,565,599
5
French...
652
1,277,213
100
1,130 2,751 752
791
1,566,72 }
868,678
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1279,964
365,179
American
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146
845,086
4
3,564
150
848,650
161,678
N'wegian & S'dish 382
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366,288
332
366,288
120,951
Austrian...
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50
192,804
50
192,804
110,574
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Russian
88
169,390
88
169,390
Danish & Dutch
92
146,484
92
Korean..
146,484
42,831 117,085
1
809
809
Opium
Totals
15,325 16,764,753 33,256
950,161 48,581 17,714,914
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411,945
9,613,519